Hot Tea And Raisin Bread

Sunday afternoon and time for tea. It just seems the right thing to do. On a cold Sunday afternoon. With raisin bread. So comforting.

The raisin bread is busy rising. I use a bread maker from start to finish. Che and I have not regretted buying this wonderful machine. The recipe is simple – it’s not my original but the one that comes with the bulk packs of sticks of 7g dry yeast.

Place ingredients 1 to 8 – in the order written above – into the bread machine pan (make sure the paddle is in position and secure) – the first time I made bread I forgot to put in the paddle and was quite surprised when the ingredients weren’t mixing.

The recipe recommends to glaze the loaf with a sugar water mix for a shiny finish but I don’t do this, the sugar sprinkles are enough. It’s not meant to win any looks competitions. But it does look good, don’t you think?